It is, indeed, that time of year again. As you start gathering your shopping lists (you're not done, right?) and figuring out what you need to buy for each person,...

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In July, 2010 Google announced that they were acquiring ITA Software, which was a flight information software company. When first announced, the deal was controversial in that travel search companies like Kayak and TripAdvisor saw it as a threat to their business, but the deal closed in April, 2011 after review by the Department of Justice. Today Google announced the availability of OnTheFly 1.2 for Android.


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I had the opportunity to speak with Henry Kim, Co-Founder and President of the social shopping site sneakpeeq today to discuss their upcoming Facebook Open Graph initiatives. sneakpeeq is a...

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With every new technological advancement that pertains to making purchases, there are doubts, concerns, and hesitations. Most recently, people have been fearful of social shopping, a relatively new segment of eCommerce that has only started truly taking off in the last year or so. This infographic talks about where we've been in shopping advancements and [...]

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Givvy has arrived as a shopping experience that is created by and for the community of Facebook users. The social commerce startup based in San Francisco is touting that Givvy is the first of its kind. With such a bold statement, let’s take a look and see if it is true.


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When you hear the words iPad, supermarket and sports, do you think of all them going together? UK video on demand provider Sky Go did.


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Urban Outfitters is the first client to utilize enter:new media's news feed magazine platform. The inaugural issue highlights favorite looks from the Urban Outfitters Early Fall Catalog and provides deep links directly into Urban Outfitters' eCommerce website.


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Microsoft's Bing (shopping) Mall Maps have made their way from the desktop to smartphones with HTML5 capable web browsers. This means that Android phones, iPhone, iPad and some BlackBerry phones work with this new feature. Ironically, Microsoft's own Windows Phone 7 does not have an HTML5 browser and does not work with this feature.Mall Maps and Map Search come to Bing for Mobile (Bing Community)Unfortunately, the instruction in Microsoft's blog is incorrect. Do NOT point your web browser at m.b [...]

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shopping_cart_smcedteam.jpg What real shopping actions are being driven by Facebook, Twitter and other Social Platforms?  To answer this, we conducted a study in concert with Shop.org and comScore to ask consumers directly what they were doing on these sites.  The study found that, among consumers who followed a retailer, there was a high likelihood take actions ranging from b [...]

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Finding shopping deals online is easier than ever. It’s almost as if consumers expect great deals or they won't buy a thing.  And they get those deals through ideas like extreme couponing, flash marketing sites and rebates. A new social shopping platform called GoRebate Mobile hit the streets this week. It taps into consumers' desire to save through rebates.

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